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11/4/10

Plex Media Center on Jailbroken AppleTV Looks Delicious

Plex, an especially handsome piece of media center software, has been shoehorned onto jailbroken AppleTVs. It's…

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The Cardboard Media Center Is a Step Up from Cinderblocks and Planks

The standard cheapo dorm room media center is a few cinderblocks and a few two-by-fours. But that is a pretty ugly…

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Boxee Integration App Lets Boxee and Windows 7 Media Center Play Nice

Windows 7 Media Center and Boxee each has its own strengths, and now the Boxee Integration App gives you access to…

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Svelte Piixl EdgeCenter 3770 Media Center Hides Behind Your HDTV

Like Kate Moss, this crazy thin EdgeCenter media server from Piixl (who?) is nearly invisible when viewed from the…

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Roku HD-XR Hands On: Where's Roku Going With This?

Roku updated the lineup today with two new models bookending the current Roku HD: The $80 standard-def SD and the…

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Dealzmodo: Liquid TV TiVo Software and Tuner Card for $60

Sure, Windows 7 Media Center is included with the OS, but if you can't give up your TiVo interface, here's a cheap…

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Windows 7 Media Center Internet TV Delivers CBS Shows and Zune Video Podcasts

Just in case you missed it buried underneath the upgrade to Netflix Watch Instantly the other day, Microsoft has…

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Streamlined Netflix Experience Now Available On Windows 7 Media Center

Starting today, early Windows 7 adopters have access to a streamlined Netflix Watch Instantly experience and a Intern…

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Ceton's CableCARD Solution Has Six Tuners In One Slot

This Ceton Multi-Channel CableCARD is very interesting, both for its ability to decode six cable streams at once to…

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Zone Pro Hands On Part 2: Copy Freely and Windows 7

To continue our review of the Niveus Zone Pro media center, we put Windows 7 on there to try out all the new…

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Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs

FINALLY. Microsoft and CableLabs are finally opened the door to have regular people add in CableCARD tuners by…

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Windows Media Center Opens Up DRM Restrictions on Shows, Allows More Copying

If you record a lot of shows using a CableCard in Windows Media Center, know that the upcoming 1.19 update will…

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Review: Niveus Zone Pro One-Ups The Zone

The Niveus Zone was good, bringing an HD HTPC to your living room in a compact box, but the Zone Pro is three times…

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DLNA Media Center Software, Compiled and Simplified

Want to get media onto your TV using some of that fancy DLNA standard hardware? You still might be at a loss for…

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Roxio CinemaNow Brings Streaming Movies to the Wii (in Japan)

Well, it's Japan-only for now, but the Wii is finally starting to compete with the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the only…

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Windows Media Center Gets Sports Channel With Pretty Good College Hoops Coverage

Microsoft's bringing the "Sports Channel" to Windows Media Center (Vista), which is to College Basketball what the…

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Windows 7 Media Center: The 10-Foot Experience's New Features

Microsoft has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to the living-room PC experience, thanks to Media Center.…

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Toshiba Bringing Windows Media Extender To LCDs, Standalone Players Second Half of 2009

Toshiba's jump into the network-enchanced home entertainment game is partnered with Microsoft—Windows Media Extender…

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10 Really Cool Windows 7 Media Center Features

A few days back, I showed you the new touch interface for Media Center PCs running Windows 7, and though I had to…

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Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center More Awesome

Visiting Microsoft's Media Center posse in Redmond, I just caught a glimpse of the Windows 7 Media Center…

Wilson Rothman

11/19/08 1:44PM

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